Alberta’s finest sparred on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 13) at Century Downs for its Mid-Summer Classic Card including reinsman Nate Sobey, who scored five wins on the 11-race card while also sweeping the finals of the $91,920 Gord and Illa Rumpel Memorial and the $77,740 Ralph Klein Memorial.
Trainer-driver Nate Sobey sent Reach Out for the lead and led every step to pull a 37-1 upset in the second of two $10,000 eliminations for the Century Casinos Pace on Saturday (July 30) at Century Downs.
A pylon violation by Graceful Horizon cost her a win in Tuesday’s $13,500 feature race at Century Downs, and her misfortune turned out to be the good fortune of Betcha Baby who was second-placed-first in the card’s main event.
A discovery of human remains is being investigated in Macon County. Asheville is looking for financial help from the Buncombe County Tourism Authority. Inflation and cost-of-living are playing a part in Henderson County's budget numbers.
Trainer-driver Brandon Campbell, as part of a conditioning hat trick on the Sunday (April 3) card, steered his pupil Tiempo Hanover to a 1:53.4 victory in the $10,000 Horses & Geldings Open Pace at Fraser Downs.